• Jones et al. v. Peach Trader Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: State Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Powell (Law Office of David A. Powell), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Teresa E. Adams (Adams Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A1314

    The Georgia Supreme Court vacated the trial courts order dismissing defendants' initial notice of appeal from an order modifying an existing interlocutory injunction and dismissed the appeal because an order modifying or dissolving an interlocutory injunction is not subject to direct appeal under O.C.G.A. § 5-6-34 subsection(a) (4).

  • Lebis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: State Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra Louise Michaels, John Richard Martin (Martin Brothers, PC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jeffrey Matthew Gore, Tracy Graham Lawson (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A0948

    There was insufficient evidence to support defendant's convictions for felony murder and two counts of misdemeanor obstruction of a police officer after her husband fatally shot an officer who was attempting to arrest them, but the evidence was sufficient to support her convictions for two other misdemeanor obstruction counts and several firearms possession counts.